Bug #33900 for Module-Starter: Module::Starter not available via ActiveState ppm due to dependency madness

> As per Andy's request, here's my report on why Module::Starter can't be > installed using ActiveState's perl package manager: > > * Module::Starter depends upon Test::Pod::Coverage > * Test::Pod::Coverage depends upon Test::Simple > * Test::Simple depends upon Test::Harness > * Test::Harness is a dual-life module, which a newer version on CPAN. > * Test::Harness 3.09 fails to build under ActiveState Perl. > * Test::Harness 3.10 (current) hasn't been built under AS Perl. > * AS Perl doesn't seem to want to try using the core version of > dual-life modules if the CPAN version has problems. > > This sucks, and I think it's really a problem with AS Perl and > Test::Harness, rather than with Module::Starter. However > Module::Starter is where it's biting me right now, especially when I'm > recommending it to clients and students running AS Perl. > > This could potentially be fixed by removing Test::Pod::Coverage (TPC) as > a dependency of Module::Starter, assuming that TPC is used for the > Module::Starter test suite, and these tests skip gracefully when TPC > isn't installed. > > This should also fix itself once Test::Harness builds again for AS Perl. > v3.10 is already on CPAN, but doesn't appear to have entered the AS > Perl build system.

> A variation of this was reported to me today, from a user of Titantium, > which uses Module::Starter::Plugin::CGIApp, which uses Module::Starter... > > It seems like moving "Test::Pod::Coverage" to be come an author-only > test that has to explicitly enabled would solve this, and remove the > need for Test::Pod::Coverage to be listed as a dependency, without > removing the option of authors to test with it.